Improvement in automatic toys



E. R. m.

AUTOMATIC TOY.

Patented May 2,1876.

@QW O NO Attorneys,

MPETERS, PHOTOLITHOGRAFHEE, WASHINGTON. D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 1

EDWARD R. IVES, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR To IVES, BLAKESLEE& 00,01 SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN AUTOMATIC TOYS.

F pecification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,961, dated May 2,1876; application filed March 4, 1876.

T6 all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. Ives, of Bridgeport, in the county ofFairficld, and in the State of Connecticut, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Mechanical Toys ,and do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accom panying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification. V

Thenature of my invention relates to that class of toys which arepropelled by spring section of the cylinders, showing the connection ofa whistle with them.

In the figures, A represents a toy locomotive, which may be constructedin any ornamental style, or similar to any of those in use;

This locomotive is provided with suitable clock machinery, or any seriesof wheels, actuated by spring or other power. This train of wheelsconnects with the axle of the driping-wheels and propels them. A pitmanfrom the driving-wheels connects with the piston of the cylinders. Whenthe piston moves backward it draws in air at one stroke, and forces itout through a whistle at the other. B represents the cylinder, and O thewhistle connected to it at its forward end. By connecting a Whistle toeach cylinder a continuous sound may be made.

A bellows may be introduced, if more desirable, in place of the piston,and the arrangement may be such that different tones may be produced bychanging the size of the apertures, and more than one whistle may beemployed with good effect. i

, Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as ncw, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, in a mechanical toy, of a spring movement forpropelling the same, one or more air-cylinders, with whistles connectedthereto, and a mechanism, operated by the propelling mechanism, forforcing air through said cylinders while the toy is in motion, andcausing sounds to be produced through the whistles, substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this29th day of February, 1876.

EDWARD R. IVES.

Witnesses:

F. W. SMITH, J r., CURTIS THOMPSON.

